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>> well where we are seeing it is michigan michigan is coming back. i was interviewed by some woman from cnn yesterday. she said michigan's hemorrhaging jobs. i was like shocked. >> bill: where has she been? >> i am sitting there going, i couldn't believe i heard this on this headset. she said michigan is hemorrhaging jobs. isn't this going to help? i said where are you at? michigan is the comeback state. we are the one that's doing better. our unemployment is lower than the national average. we are hiring people in the auto industry. manufacturing is coming back. the teamsters we are getting more employees. there is no way about it. this is a setback. this is basically a continuation of the right-wing conspiracy, the tea party, and this is, you know, the karl roves, the grover norquists, the sheldon adelsons and the koch brothers. this is the same thing. this just didn't happen. this isn't the will of the people of michigan right now we are fighting this in new hampshire. we are fighting it in missouri and other states. b they get a republican govern
>> well where we are seeing it is michigan michigan is coming back. i was interviewed by some woman from cnn yesterday. she said michigan's hemorrhaging jobs. i was like shocked. >> bill: where has she been? >> i am sitting there going, i couldn't believe i heard this on this headset. she said michigan is hemorrhaging jobs. isn't this going to help? i said where are you at? michigan is the comeback state. we are the one that's doing better. our unemployment is lower than the...
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we will keep up the fight in michigan and? >> we want to have you out there marching and walking around. >> bill: i am ready to walk the line. won't be the first time. happy holidays. lee saunders from president of afsme, afscme.org. thanks, lee. thanks for coming in? >> thanks for having me. >> i will be back with a quick final comment on today's "full-court press." >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is "the bill press show." [ music ] [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want it? yea we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light buttery and flakey. that's half that's not half! guys, i have more! thanks mom [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin the saying easy as pie? i get it now. just unroll it fill, top, bake, and present. that must have taken you forever! it was really tough. [ female announcer ] pillsbury pie crust. let the making begin start you morning with a daily dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops lov
we will keep up the fight in michigan and? >> we want to have you out there marching and walking around. >> bill: i am ready to walk the line. won't be the first time. happy holidays. lee saunders from president of afsme, afscme.org. thanks, lee. thanks for coming in? >> thanks for having me. >> i will be back with a quick final comment on today's "full-court press." >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is "the bill press...
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in michigan, debby stabinau takes that seattle. in florida bill nelson is a winner there joe donnelly over richard mourdoch in indiana. >> bill: claire mccaskill. >> other first openly gay. >> bill: tammy duckworth. and bernie sanders in vermont getting reelected, thank god for bernie that's 51 democrats plus two independents gives the democrats 53 votes to republicans 45. there are two senate seats open still, north dakota and montana democratic heidi hidecamp is leading. democrats leading in montana. could end up with 55, not fill buster proof but good, strong position in the u.s. senate. >> one quick thing to point out we all know elizabeth warren, debby stab know, but chris murphy we didn't know so well. think progress had a glowing review of where he stood on the issues. he is a real progressive candidate. he's going to be a very progressive senator. >> bill: it's a great moment, a big victory for president obama a big question about where the republican party goes from here. whether they're going raise that they have moved so
in michigan, debby stabinau takes that seattle. in florida bill nelson is a winner there joe donnelly over richard mourdoch in indiana. >> bill: claire mccaskill. >> other first openly gay. >> bill: tammy duckworth. and bernie sanders in vermont getting reelected, thank god for bernie that's 51 democrats plus two independents gives the democrats 53 votes to republicans 45. there are two senate seats open still, north dakota and montana democratic heidi hidecamp is leading....
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yesterday, of course, the loud chorus of voices from mitt romney, michigan mcconnell, john cornyn and rance preibus. todd akin went on mike huckabee's radio show and said: i ain't listening. >> life is very much part of that whole thing. that's -- that's the reason we are going to continue. i believe there is a cause and a part of the message missing and a lot of people feel left out. >> not only is he going to stay in the race. the deadline is coming out. he could get out by september 21st but he has to pay the cost of reprinting all of the ballots. he says he is in it, and he is in it, he told mike huckabee to win it. >> we believe that by taking this stand that this is going to strengthen our country. it's going to strengthen ultimately, the republican party i believe we could win this. >> it's not impossible. it's not impossible. he went on dana lowe's radio show. digging deeper. bill clinton said when you are in a hole stop digging. he dug deeper by trying to explain what he meant when he said if it's legitimate rape the woman is not going to get pregnant. he said he put the word
yesterday, of course, the loud chorus of voices from mitt romney, michigan mcconnell, john cornyn and rance preibus. todd akin went on mike huckabee's radio show and said: i ain't listening. >> life is very much part of that whole thing. that's -- that's the reason we are going to continue. i believe there is a cause and a part of the message missing and a lot of people feel left out. >> not only is he going to stay in the race. the deadline is coming out. he could get out by...
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and then they also made a play for pennsylvania and michigan saying we're going to bring other states on to the playing field. >> bill: how about virginia? >> yeah. so when you ask what have you gotten for all of this money? >> they say, look we drove obama's negatives up through the summer, or made people a little bit less faithful about his economic policies. and look at jim kaine, brown, mccaskill too -- brown has had like $20 million. >> bill: i need to stop you right there. we'll continue on the other side of the break on this september 26th. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... ♪ >> announcer: heard around the country, and seen on current tv. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all rig
and then they also made a play for pennsylvania and michigan saying we're going to bring other states on to the playing field. >> bill: how about virginia? >> yeah. so when you ask what have you gotten for all of this money? >> they say, look we drove obama's negatives up through the summer, or made people a little bit less faithful about his economic policies. and look at jim kaine, brown, mccaskill too -- brown has had like $20 million. >> bill: i need to stop you...
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obama up by .2%. >> michigan obama up by 6. nevada obama up by 4.6. ohio, no republican has won the presidency without winning ohio obama is up by three. mitt romney and president obama are in ohio today. ohio is a key, key, key battleground state. when you add them up here is where the electoral college stands today. you need 270 to win. president obama has locked in, according to real clear politics, 251. mitt romney 181. so this thing -- my point is, far -- this thing is far, far, far from over. this thing is going to be close, and the pew poll is no reason to panic. 866-55-press. that's the lay of the land. that's the real lay of the land today, so you know what it really means? 28 days left no letting up. just work our butts off in every way that people. tell your friends, tell your neighbors, make sure you are registered, they are registered and get out to vote. 866-55-press. let's talk about this pew poll. i'm telling you don't panic. work harder. 866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. ♪
obama up by .2%. >> michigan obama up by 6. nevada obama up by 4.6. ohio, no republican has won the presidency without winning ohio obama is up by three. mitt romney and president obama are in ohio today. ohio is a key, key, key battleground state. when you add them up here is where the electoral college stands today. you need 270 to win. president obama has locked in, according to real clear politics, 251. mitt romney 181. so this thing -- my point is, far -- this thing is far, far, far...
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>> they even said, john stanton from "buzzfeed" who was our guest earlier this week said michigan congresswoman candace miller was a prime contender for the house homeland security committee chair and she didn't get it. >> bill: they jumped over her to take a white guy who was on -- not even on that committee but on some other committee and bumped him up. i forget his name. >> on that note, just a few moments ago on a different tv show, stuart stevens romney adviser was on giving a post-mort emof what happened with the election. he said we didn't do a good enough job reaching out to hispanic voters and women voters. that was their problem. that's why -- he admitted that's why they lost the election. >> bill: all right. there you go. now -- have they learned anything? i would say the answer is no! by the way among african-americans, democrats 41 african-americans in the democratic caucus. with allen west getting booted out. there will be one republican african-american in the 113th congress. how can they justify -- how can they -- are they really saying that in our entire caucus, there's not one
>> they even said, john stanton from "buzzfeed" who was our guest earlier this week said michigan congresswoman candace miller was a prime contender for the house homeland security committee chair and she didn't get it. >> bill: they jumped over her to take a white guy who was on -- not even on that committee but on some other committee and bumped him up. i forget his name. >> on that note, just a few moments ago on a different tv show, stuart stevens romney adviser...
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pat in flint michigan. hey, pat. >> caller: hey, bill, it is so good to get on your show. i'll tell you what. i was down in north carolina visiting my nephew. he's a die-hard republican but he said in good faith, he cannot vote for mitt romney. not with the way he lies. he said i can't vote in good faith for somebody that lies. and another thing -- >> bill: i hope he tells all of his friends that, too pat. >> caller: he's very wealthy and runs his own company down there but he's an honest, upstanding person. he said he can't vote for somebody that lies to him. what are they going to do when they get in. >> bill: good for him. >> caller: on chris matthews if you don't mind my carrying on. chris matthews yesterday on the show, i was so tickled when he got out that whacker and got after that dog gone raunchy penis guy. i was so tickled. by god he needed a whack. they all need it whacked. [ laughter ] >> bill: i never heard the raunchy penis line before for reince priebus. that's great. good for chris. good for chris. he's been a friend of mine for a long time. when raunchy pe
pat in flint michigan. hey, pat. >> caller: hey, bill, it is so good to get on your show. i'll tell you what. i was down in north carolina visiting my nephew. he's a die-hard republican but he said in good faith, he cannot vote for mitt romney. not with the way he lies. he said i can't vote in good faith for somebody that lies. and another thing -- >> bill: i hope he tells all of his friends that, too pat. >> caller: he's very wealthy and runs his own company down there but...
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. >> a candidate for state supreme court justice in michigan landed quite the cast for a new web ad for her campaign. bridget mccormack has the cast of the former hit show "the west wing" starring in an ad for her for free because her sister, actress mary mccormack starred on the show, went off the air back in 2006. she got her old friends together, martin sheen allison janney and rob lowe among others to make the advertisement. they just had to pay $5,000 for food and insurance and the actors donated their time. >> bill: yeah. >> is this a great country or what? >> bill: about all of the actor's salaries, man you couldn't afford that. >> salaries, forget about it. it was the payment for the retirement fund you can't afford >> a big step for ralph lauren, the clothing designer introduced its first plus 5 model yesterday. robin who is 6'2" and a size 12 was introduced on "good morning america" on abc. fashion experts now -- >> she's 6'2"? >> could start a trend in the industry known for is super skinny models, maybe going another direction. >> bill: i heard chris christie is signing up.
. >> a candidate for state supreme court justice in michigan landed quite the cast for a new web ad for her campaign. bridget mccormack has the cast of the former hit show "the west wing" starring in an ad for her for free because her sister, actress mary mccormack starred on the show, went off the air back in 2006. she got her old friends together, martin sheen allison janney and rob lowe among others to make the advertisement. they just had to pay $5,000 for food and insurance...
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it's different in ohio, probably what kept michigan from being in play. barring this last minute switch, it would appear to be a big bleed overinto pennsylvania. it's the idea that it's one thing to spend a huge amount of money on nebulous projects that not a lot of people saw from the stimulus. it's another thing to rescue an iconic industry that everyone around you knows their job depends on in one shape or another. >> bill: right. they see those plants reopen, people rehired new people getting jobs in that auto industry in their communities. and all the suppliers, you know and the people that prop up these jobs. >> right. the president from the start has made the case this would be a good thing for ohio, running on it more or less. he's helped with the fact that sherrod brown has been running on it aggressively. ohio has heard a lot of good things about the auto rescue. democrats call it a rescue, republicans a bailout. that seems to have helped them. if you doubt that, just look at the jeep ad romney put out last week. >> bill: romney's response is to
it's different in ohio, probably what kept michigan from being in play. barring this last minute switch, it would appear to be a big bleed overinto pennsylvania. it's the idea that it's one thing to spend a huge amount of money on nebulous projects that not a lot of people saw from the stimulus. it's another thing to rescue an iconic industry that everyone around you knows their job depends on in one shape or another. >> bill: right. they see those plants reopen, people rehired new people...